Tajikistan, the world’s leading exporter of suicide bombers to ISIS has the potential to become the next terrorist hotspot as a host of factors converge to put the small Central Asian nation at serious risk.

Sustainability issues have long been regarded as an afterthought, or as a plugin tacked onto a wider business model. Approaching sustainability with such a mindset is a recipe for disaster, as sustainability has become a core requirement in all aspects of business planning.

Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy handily won the 2015 elections, yet internal party discord, ethnic parties and the ousted Union Solidarity and Development Party will all present challenges come April 1st.

Islamists are using fake news targeting ethnic Chinese Indonesians and politicians to promote their agenda against Chinese investment and the government. This threatens both social cohesion as well as the country’s economic ambitions.